Milwaukee and the Fox Valley have multiple resources to help women in the sex trade.

A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a Milwaukee woman named Tiffany looking for help after a decade trapped in the life of prostitution.

"I suffer mental illness because of the life that I live as a prostitute that's not as easy as it seems to get out of," she wrote. Tiffany said she'd been been in the sex trade since she was 19 years old and asked for resources to help her in Milwaukee.

I spoke with Nicole Tynan, a Reach Counseling advocate I profiled in May, and Alisa Kopp, a crisis counselor at Aurora Health Care. Together, they recommended some great Milwaukee resources that I want to pass on to anyone else looking for help.

Kopp also clued me into the Milwaukee Bad Date Sheet, where people in the sex trade anonymously can report violent customers and provide descriptions to share with each other. I haven't heard of a similar resource in the Fox Valley, but it seems like a great tool for women hoping to stay safe.

If there's anyone else looking for help, please let me know. I will do whatever I can to get you in touch with the right people.